All 4 Downs Podcast

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Intro

This is the "all four downs podcast" where we talk about college football, NFL, XFL, and other related football chatter. Hit that subscribe-button and share the show with your friends and football fans. Welcome everyone; I am your host Ovi Muniz.  

1st Down

The Big Ten announced its completion of a 7-year deal worth $7 billion media rights agreement with FOX, CBS, and NBC. The deal will begin July 1, 2023, through the 2030 playoffs. The goal is to improve its revenue by the second year as USC and UCLA enter the conference.  

Urban Meyer is back on the news again. This time, Meyer will return to television to Fox's Big Noon Saturday" college football pregame show. Meyer was fired as the head coach of the NFL Jacksonville Jaguars in only 13 games. However, he did lead the University of Florida to two national titles and one with Ohio State.  

Also, former Florida coach Dan Mullen was hired by ESPN as a studio analyst.  

Lastly, the NCAA is probing how to get involved with the NIL investigation. There are substantial concerns about the NIL transaction and the alleged concerns about tampering, recruiting violations, impermissible benefits, and more. My co-host is very fond of jumping onto the NCAA for failing to find a resolution to all this.

2nd Down Heisman candidates

A Heisman winner is a player who demonstrates outstanding performance and the pursuit of excellence with integrity. The winner epitomizes excellent ability, diligence, perseverance, and hard work. The six premature Heisman candidates I am selecting meet those prerequisites. And I start with my first pick CJ Stroud. As a freshman, he should have won last season. Like Bryce Young, who won the Heisman Trophy, he put up similar numbers. Next, Bryce Young seeks his second consecutive win. The only player to win back-to-back trophies was Archie Griffin in 1974 and 1975, Running Back from Ohio State. 

Caleb Williams and Spencer Rattler are both transfers that left Oklahoma. Williams followed Head Coach Lincoln Riley. Williams replaced Rattler for the starting role midseason. Now, he competes at USC, a school that was once a powerhouse under then-head coach Pete Carroll from 2001 to 2009.  

Rattler should be the starting QB for the gamecocks. He has a more arduous task than Williams and the time spent in Oklahoma. Should he surpass Georgia, Texas A&M, Kentucky, and Kentucky, Rattler can shock the world.  

Will Anderson, Jr from Alabama, is a linebacker. He sacked 17.5 Quarterbacks last season. There has never been a linebacker position to win the Heisman. Anderson can be the first should he reach over 24 sacks this season. Terrell Suggs, Arizona State, sacked 24 QBs. Before the sacks were calculated, Derrick Thomas, Alabama, had 27 sacks.  

Lastly, Bijan Robinson is a running back from Texas. Should he have a successful season under Head Coach Steve Sarkisian's pro spread offense, Robinson can run the ball more and protect his colleague, starting Freshman QB Quinn Ewers, who transferred from Ohio State.  

3rd down

College Football national championship

The season has not begun, but it is not too late to mention early predictions on which teams will take center stage for the national championship. The odd favorites to win the national title are;

I stated that Alabama and Ohio State will play for the national title if you heard my previous episode in this podcast. However, I did not pick the winner. The one team I am curious about is Clemson. If Dabo Swinney pieced together a formula to get back into their championship ways, I could see an upset in all categories. Clemson has defeated Alabama and Ohio State. It will all depend on how valuable starting QB DJ Uiagalelei plays.

Alabama hosts Texas A&M on October 8. The loser may not reach the college football playoffs.  

Georgia is a concern because many starting defensive players left for the NFL. They still have the talent, which is questionable if the Bulldogs can repeat. 

USC is a long shot. I understand Lincoln Riley is the head coach, and Williams will be the starting quarterback. There will be six new transfer players on offense and three on defense. USC has the depth to support the starters but I am having a hard time believing they can beat the Utah Utes or even a PAC-12 team reaching the playoffs.  

4th Down

College football starts next week, August 27, and there are plenty of games to watch, especially all those sports bettors. The Big Ten Conference begins with Nebraska visiting Northwestern. This is an awesome game to watch on the FOX channel. Both schools will attempt to bounce back from a disappointing three wins and nine loss season.  

In their last meeting, the Cornhuskers crushed the Wildcats 56 to 7. Adrian Martinez, now a Kansas State transfer, was responsible for scoring 4 of many touchdowns, with one of the touchdowns a 25-yard run to the endzone.   

Nebraska head Coach Scott Frost will have former Texas Longhorn Graduate Transfer Casey Thompson as the starting QB.  

On the other side, Northwestern Head Coach Pat Fitzgerald is entering his 17th season and will have Ryan Hilinski as the starting QB. He is the youngest brother of three, and all were starting QBs. However, his second oldest, Tyler, who played at Washington State, died by suicide.  

Nebraska is favored by 13 points in the game line spread. Now, I want to warn you that this game will not be easy for the Cornhuskers. Nebraska's last victory in Evanston, Illinois, was on September 24, 2016. Therefore, I am taking Northwestern with the points regardless of who wins this game. 

Charlotte 49ers and Florida Atlantic Owls - a Conference USA showdown in Boca Raton, Florida. Seven points favor the Owls. However, neither game in Florida has ever been more significant than 5 point win. I am picking Charlotte with the points.  

Nevada vs. New Mexico State. The over-under in the game is 51.5. I am picking this game to go over—each game resulted in 58 points or more in the last eight meetings.